To clarify what I was saying, SVN isn't 'on the edge', but SVN versions of software (e.g. running KDE 4 or something like that) are.
Also the name 'PHP' is short and that makes the problem worse (e.g. the telegraph pole program). andrew On 2/4/06, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 12:32:25PM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > That's a matter of perspective, of course--Subversion is more important > > > to me. > > > > Ever heard of G/LAMP? (GNU/Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) PHP > > has many millions of installations around the world, and is used by > > admins and even users a lot. SVN is used by developers or people who > > want to live on the edge, which I think is less than the number of PHP > > users. > > Maybe that makes it more critical to you. As I said, it's a matter of > perspective. > > Having SVN packaged is also far more important in practice for me. If I > want to use PHP, if it's not packaged, I install it manually once. If I > want to host a project with subversion, and it's not packaged, then every > developer on the project has to do so, which increases the threshold > for attracting developers significantly. > > (Subversion is certainly not "on the edge", by the way; it's a stable, > solid, production-quality, 98%-complete replacement for CVS.) > > None of which is terribly important. Unless we're compelled against our > will by sheer volume of fundamentally critical works, none of this affects > whether the restriction is non-free. > > -- > Glenn Maynard > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http://www.opennic.unrated.net